STATE EX REL. BLACKWELL v. HATCHER

No. 3-680A175.

426 N.E.2d 118 (1981)

THE STATE OF INDIANA, On the Relation of Hugh D. Blackwell, Robert L. Jones, Lorenzo Cockrell, Tarvin Hamler, and Gary Firefighters Union 359, Appellants (Plaintiffs below), v. Richard G. HATCHER, Charles Ruckman, James Holland, Henry Coleman, and City of Gary, Indiana, Appellees (Defendants below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Ruckelshaus, Walter F. Lockhart, Ruckelshaus, Roland & O'Connor, Indianapolis, for appellants.

Max Cohen, Cohen & Thiros, Merrillville, for appellees.


STATON, Judge.

The Gary Firefighters Union No. 359 and several of its members appeal the trial court's entry of a negative judgment on their claim against the City of Gary, Mayor Richard G. Hatcher, and other city officials. The firefighters sought damages and injunctive relief for the City's refusal to pay the full amount of the clothing allowance appropriated for the firefighters by the Gary Common Council for fiscal year 1978.1

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